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April 10, 2014 at 3:35 am #116300
I haven’t posted on Contractor Talk forums in years and they never bothered to email me about anything.
Now, all of a sudden, I get this weird email titled ‘Contractor Talk is your forum, so stop by and speak up!’Got me to thinking. I wonder if a lot of their members stopped posting lately due to coming here to BTP??
That’s the only thing I can think of. Anyone else get this email?
If Contractor Talk traffic is indeed slowing down, they will most likely be at risk with their sponsors, I would think…
Pat
April 10, 2014 at 5:01 am #116302KentWhitten
ProIt’s not slowing down, I assure you.
April 10, 2014 at 5:34 am #116306They seem to have tons of posters there. I see no decline.
April 10, 2014 at 5:38 am #116309Thatkid
ProI got that email from them yesterday to and I thought the same thing. Because I haven’t posted their in a while and they never sent an email before.
April 10, 2014 at 5:40 am #116311I got that email from them yesterday to and I thought the same thing. Because I haven’t posted their in a while and they never sent an email before.
Its been a while for me. I mostly just reads some stuff there. no email though
April 10, 2014 at 6:10 am #116325RobertCDF
ProI got the email and still regularly post. They were bought from Nathan a while back so the new guys are just rolling out changes.
I don’t think it’s slowing down, but I do think it’s lower quality than it used to be.
Robert Shaw -Colorado Deck and Framing
www.mysteeldeck.comApril 10, 2014 at 7:04 am #116336supimeister
ProI recently became and member there and have read a few things and here and there…. so I don’t think it is anything other than a push for more people to post more often… I wouldn’t read much more into it probably.
John S
April 10, 2014 at 7:28 am #116349Anonymous
InactiveProbably just coincidental timing
April 10, 2014 at 7:58 am #116359I got the same email.
Lots of forums do this. They know what members are not active and send a little reminder to say come back and join. Most of the forums that I get these from are BIG and have a dependency on ad revenue.
Brad T
Self employed Pro since 2014!!April 10, 2014 at 10:50 am #116449redwood
ProI also received the same email. My posting over there has certainly gone down since I started posting on this site. This forum stuff takes a lot of time to read through topics. There are so many subforums at CT that I have never even peeked in.
Mark E.
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Member since Jan 22, 2013
www.creative-redwood-designs.comApril 10, 2014 at 11:21 am #116460I got the same email and don’t post much there. Probably just a yearly thing they send out or something.
Resident Sign Guy
April 10, 2014 at 11:30 am #116462overanalyze
ProI still visit daily there. There is a lot of repetition over there. I would say my posting has slowed since joining here, but I like it here better.
Andrew
A Working Pro since 1995!
Member since March 26, 2014.
April 10, 2014 at 12:24 pm #116475did they offer incentives?
April 10, 2014 at 12:42 pm #116488I wouldn’t read into anything. I just got an email from jeepforum with the same kind of message.
April 10, 2014 at 12:46 pm #116492Sven, you might want to look into BTJ… BeTheJeep forums 🙂
April 10, 2014 at 2:41 pm #116521I got the email and still regularly post. They were bought from Nathan a while back so the new guys are just rolling out changes.
I don’t think it’s slowing down, but I do think it’s lower quality than it used to be.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^YEP! There you go, right there!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
April 10, 2014 at 2:46 pm #116523did they offer incentives?
To stay and post? No.
To leave and join here? Yes, since the new owners….(laughing!)
April 10, 2014 at 2:52 pm #116526Thatkid
ProIt seems like people get in pissing matches over there about everything and over here is a lot friendlier.
April 10, 2014 at 3:18 pm #116544the emails started after nathan sold ct and angus started remodeler
s zone. yes there is quite a bit of stupid stuff over there but its usually do to people not following the rules.. that page is for contractors only not diyers and homeowners.. there have been countless diyers and h.o
s trying to pose as contractors to fish for information on pricing and legal stuff.heres a tip, dont fart in a space suit
April 10, 2014 at 3:22 pm #116546overanalyze
ProI never minded a DIYer asking a simple question, but the ones that would pose as a contractor when clearly from their question they weren’t always got to me. Or worse, the ones that were trying to get info so they could flame their current contractor.
Andrew
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Member since March 26, 2014.
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